Vehicle-wheel.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

0. s. MORSE. VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.17, 1906.

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VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG.17, 1906.

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CLYDE s. MORSE, or

' SHABBONA, t ILLINOIS;

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

No. 849,849. Y

Specification of Letters.Patent. Patented April 19, 1907,-

Application filedDecember 17,1906. Serial No." 348,101. I

To all whom it mag concern; 1

l 3e it known that I, CLY E} S. Monsn, a c1t1zen of the United: States; residing at Shabbona, in the county of Dekalb and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels, of: which the following is a specification.

My present invention has relation to cer tain improvements in wheels, such as g are 1 adapted for use on automobiles, wagons, carriages, buggies, cars, and other-vehicles; and; it consists in certain novel features and pri na ciples of the construction, combinatiomaand arrangement of the several parts thereof, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the same isrendered simpler, cheaper, and otherwise betteradapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

One of the important objects'of thein vention,'which is similar to that set forth in an application, Serial No. 337,190, filed by me on Qcto'ber '3, 1906, for improvements'in vehicle-wheels,- namely, is to provide a wheel. Which shall be of such construction as to afiord resiliency 'or a yielding or springy effect to the axle and through it to the body of the vehicle, thereby enabling the use of expensive neumatic tires to be dispensed with, but faccomplish' said object by means ofthe present invention in a difierent manner and by simple and efficient means.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subj oined des rip I tion and explanation .In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to makeand use the same, I will now proceedto describe it, referring to the'accompanying drawings, in which Fi ure 1 is a view in sideelevation of. a whee embodying my invention, showing one of the r removed in order to disclose the interior mechanism. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of one of the holders for the springactuated spokes orradial rods; Fig. 3 is a-verticalcentral sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the manner of connecting the different parts of thewheel together an the means for regulating the tension'of the springs surrounding thespokes or radial rods. Fi 41isa' fra mental pers ective view of a ""n of the? otecting and strengthening plates elly of thew eel. Fig. 5is an mental Wiewi of onefofthe holders for the spring-actuatedspokes orradial rods.

,-spondii1g parts 1 throughout the different vlewsofthezzdrawingsi -I- '.The felly;,or ontenrim of the wheel consists of twoE' -(urcular; or, ring-like members 10, which are;preferably fiatsurfaced, as shown, and eachd asatvits outer eriphery an outfor the reception offthe tire 13, which. may be of the ordinary or any preferred construction and secured place within the channel 12 by any'suitable means. The flat ring-like portions 10' comprising the felly or outer rim .of-the wheel are firmly secured to ether near theirouter portions by means 0 rivets 14, which are located close to the inner portions of the bent parts 11 and at some distance from the. inner peripheries of the members 10,

the protecting or strengthening plates, as will be hereinafter" explained. Mounted so as to turn on' the axle 15, which maybe of the ordinary or any preferred construction, is a hub 16, which preferably has each of its ends reduced and formed rectangular, as at 17, to fit in rectangular openings 18 and 19, formed in the protecting-plates 20..and holder-supporting plates 21, respectively.

As is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. of the drawings, the hub 16 has mounted so as to turn therewith on each of its ends a circular plate 21 which are for the purpose of connecting the holders for the spring-actuated rods or spokes with the hub and for carrying the same. Each of these plates is-preferably formed concavo-convex, as shown, and has at its periphery a series of radially-disposed lugs 22, in each of which is formed a slot 23, which is enlarged 'at its inner portion and contracted outwardly, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in WlliCh'VlGW, as well as in Fig. 4, itwillbe seen that the members 10, comprising the folly, are provided on their inner portions with a seriesof openings 24, each, of which isenla'i'ged at its outer portion and contracted inwardly, and said openon said members; but the formation of said lugs is not essential, and they maybe (118-.-

'1 'Likeinumeralsi of .referenee refer: to' corre- :wardlyebentportion 11 to orm a channel 12 so as not to interfere with the movement of- I inner face view of -one-of"theprotecting or strengtheningfplates, and Fig. 6' is a fraging's are shown as being produced inlugs 26 pensed with andthe openings 24 formed near I the inner peri heries of the members 10, as I is obvious. y againireferring to Fig. 3 of l the-drawings it will be seen that one of the plates 20, which are used forstrengthening 5 and protecting the interior-mechanism of the wheel from mud, dust, and dirt, is mounted so as to turn therewith on each end of the hub and outwardly against each of the plates Zland that the plates are also concavo- 1o convex in shape and have their outer portionsformed parallel with one another, as at 27,,zso-as to rest against the outer suriaces of the-members 10, co rising thefellyor outer rim of the wheel; il ie ates 20 are secured i :15 together by means ot olts 28,-located in suitable openings 29 in-said-platosinear the hub, which bolts also pass throngihsuitable openings in the plates 21, whiehare thereby "held securely in place. The holder-carrying I .20 plates 21 are connected to the fell ylby means ofaseries of spring-actuatedspokes-or radial rods 30 and a series of holders 37 1 therefor.

Each of the holders 31 is forked, as shown, and'its rongs diver e toward their inner or 2 5 free en s, while their other ends:are united 'by means otan enlarged portion 32, whichis providedwith a slot oropening 33, which welongated circumferenfia y with respectt-o the wheel when the holders are in place 30 thereon. Each of the prongs of each of the holders 31 is bent outwardly and provided withaa head 234, which are adapted to be passedthrongh the enlarged portions of the openings 23 the plates 21, when by draw 35 ingthe holder's outwardly from said plates it is apparent that the outturned portions 35 7 on said tongs will engage the contracted parts of '51s openings 23 in the holdercarrymg plates. fine of the spokes or radial rods- 01 30 is movablyllocated in each-of the openings 33 of'the holders therefor, and each of said rods has its end screw-threaded and its outer end bent laterally, as at 36, andforined with a headi37, mlhich heads :are adapted to .lbepassed thfo hithe enlarged. arts of the Ere ifelly, while t e laterallythe contracted urroundingeach i :0 enmgs 24 in lb dnt' portions 36 enga parts of said openings. of the rods 30 and resting-at one (of itsends 5o onfthe inner surface of the enlargement 32 ofeach of theholders is a'spring 38, against the other.- endmf: which rests a nut 39, \which engages the smew-threaded or inner portion of therod= By this arrangement-it is apparent 5 5 that by-turning the nuts in the proper direction;the tension-of the springs 38 may be re ula-tedto suit the requirements of the vehic e or load which it-carries.

From the above description it will be evi- I dent that the improved vehicle-wheel constructed according to my invention is of a ve' inexpensive and. simple construction an *that its parts may be easily assembled, yet so constructed as to render easy access 55 in case of repairs or otherwise to the interior fort mechanism by removing one of the strengthemng orpro'tecting plates. It will also be 'obvious'fromthe above description that the device is susceptible to some modification Without material departure from the princi- 7a .ples andispirit of this invention, and for this reason I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arr'angpmentoi the several parts herein set in carrying out my invention in practice.

In its operationthe axle 15 will be normally held in the center of-the opening in the folly, for it will be understood that the springs 38 will he ofsufiicient strength, to so niain- 8o the parts until aload of; considerable weight is placedin the vehicle, in which case the will yieldislightly, so as to afford are ent eiieo'tto the axle,-andthrough it to the body of the vehicle, thus attaining the same efiect as; if expensive pneumatic tires were emplolyl sd.

Having t us fully described my invention, hat I'claim'as new, and desire to secure by. daetters Patent, is 7 fl. In a Wehiclewheel the combination "with an aidle, of a-hul) mounted thereon, a iplate mounted at each end of said'hub to turn therewith and having in its periphery a :series of radially-disposed openings enlarged 9 5 inwardly, a felly surrounding said. plates at a distance therefrom, diorked holders having the inner ends ofiheirprongs engaged in the openings of said plates and their outer porhoras provided with an aperture, a springactuated rod located in the aperture of each of said holders and having its outer end connected to the folly.

In a vehicle-wheel, the combination. with an axle, of a hub mounted thereon,-'a'"1o5 plate mounted at each. end of said hub to turn therewith and havi in its periphery agseries of radially-dispose openings, a felly surrounding said plates at a distance therefrom, forked holders having the inner ends of 1 10 their prongs engaged in the openings ofsaid plates and their outer portions provided-with an aperture, a spring-actuated rod located in the aperture of each ofsaid holders and having its outer end oonneoted to the folly, anda 1 1 5 protecting-plate mounted on each end of the hub outwardly against-the first-namedplates and overlapping a portion of -the felly.

In a vehicle-wheel; the combination with an axle, of a hub mounted: thereon, a plate mounted at each endi of said hub to turn therewith and having in its periphery a series ofradially-disposed openings enlarged inwardly, afelly surrounding said-plates at a distance therefrom andhaving-nean its inner x 2 5 periphery a series of'radiall -dis osed 0 enngs enlarged outwardly,for ed? olders avmg on the inner ends of; their prongs heads adapted to be passed through the enlarged portions of the openings in the first-named .130

plates, each of said holders having in its Wardly from the first-named plates and overoutei end an aperture, a spring-aetuatedrod lapping at its periphery a portion of the felly. locatedin the aperture of each of said holders CLYDE v MORSE and having at its outer end a head adapted to 5 be passed through-the enlarged portions of Witnesses:

theopenings in the felly, and a protecting- CHAs. C. TILLMAN, plate mounted on each end of the hub out- M. A. NYMAN. 

